Staff recommends that the City Council approve and award the Airport's Rimtop Drive Overlay Project to FirstMark Construction for $109,243.

Included in the Airport's Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2020 was the Rimtop Drive Overlay Project.  Bid specifications were completed last year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of the financial impact due to the pandemic this project was put on hold until this year.  This project will improve the existing two miles of a 25-foot wide, two lane road that provides the only access in to and out of the Airport Business Park.  The Business Park is located on the north side of the Airport where numerous businesses and governmental agencies are located, including the BLM Air Tanker Firefighting Base and the BLM Fire Cache.  The existing asphalt is over 20 years old and showing signs of deteriorating, breaking apart and large cracks.  This project will require the contractor to overlay the existing asphalt with a P-403 3/4" asphalt wearing course lift, and install pavement markings.  This work will provide additional longevity to the pavement surface and significantly improve the safety for vehicles utilizing this Airport access road.  The Airport is bidding this project early so that it can be completed by the end of June before the road gets busy with firefighting activity at the Airport's Business Park, typically beginning in July and running through August.

This project was advertised in the Yellowstone County News on January 8, 15, and 22, and posted on the City and Airport's Websites.  On January 26, 2021, the following bids were received:
 

CONTRACTOR	BID
FirstMark Construction	$109,243
Askin Construction, LLC	$111,855
Knife River Construction	$123,758
Riverside Contracting, Inc.	$136,312

City Council may:

• Approve the award of the Rimtop Drive Overlay Project to FirstMark Construction for $109,243; or
• Decline to approve the award, reject all bids, and delay the project.

The low bid for this project is $109,243.  Funding for this project is available in the Airport's Capital Account.